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| From 2010 Dec El Circo Cheapo (and a couple pics from Miles' Zin Tasting) |
Props to Miles for organizing the Zinfandel tasting at his place last night. We had a blast – 5 types of Zinfandel (4 from Stateside and a comparison Rhone bottle), loads of finger food, and even a raffle! Haha I won myself a Shake Weight!
Anyway, favorite wine of the evening: Carlisle Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel. We had two bottles of that, compared to three of everything else, and everyone couldn’t help but keep returning to it. Amazing punch of blackcurrant goodness that just went on and on and on in your mouth. Crazy smooth too. The Cosentino Cigarzin came in second; best value for the night. I liked the Orin Swift’s Saldo too, but it had a slight tinge of bitterness at the end if I had it without food. With slices of hard mozzarella though, it went down like a dream.
grapeful 